MY HOLIDAY TRADITIONS CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES (the Official Rules )

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1 MY HOLIDAY TRADITIONS CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES (the Official Rules ) The My Holiday Traditions Contest (the Contest ) is sponsored by Metro Ontario Inc. (the Sponsor ). No purchase is necessary to enter and win a prize ( Prize ) in the Contest and making a purchase will not affect or improve the chances of winning a Prize. IMPORTANT NOTE: In addition to complying in full with all other requirements of these Official Rules, in order to be declared the actual winner of a Prize, the potential winner first must answer correctly a mathematical or arithmetic skill-testing question (the skill-testing question ), without any mechanical, electronic or other assistance. The Contest begins at 12:00:01 AM Eastern Standard Time on November 16, 2017 and ends at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on December 31, 2017 (the Contest Period ). Note: In these Official Rules, the Sponsor s computer system which is used to govern all computer and time-related aspects of the Contest and, among other things, is the official time-keeping device for the Contest, is called the Contest computer. Subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, all results as recorded or otherwise governed by the Contest computer shall be final and binding in all respects. Except as otherwise specifically stated in these Official Rules, all times mentioned in these Official Rules shall be Canadian Eastern Time ( ET ). 1. ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible to enter and to win a Prize in the Contest, a person must be a resident of Ontario, Canada who has reached the age of 18 years old at the time he/she enters the Contest except the following persons who are not eligible to enter the Contest or to win a Prize in the Contest: a) employees, directors, agents or representatives of the Sponsor or of any of the Sponsor s divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, franchisees, stores, licensees, or promotional agencies, or of any person, firm or corporation which provides any Contest materials or any services for the Contest; and b) any person who is an immediate family member (defined as a step-, adoptive or biological mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother or spouse) of any person described in Rule 1 a) of these Official Rules; and c) any person who resides or is domiciled with any person identified in Rule 1 a) or 1 b) of these Official Rules. In these Official Rules, a person who is eligible to enter the Contest is referred to as an eligible person. 2. DEFINITIONS: In these Official Rules a) the term Sponsor includes, where the context requires or permits, a representative or agent of the Sponsor; b) the term Prize means a prize which is available to be won in the Contest; c) the term potential winner means an eligible person who has been identified as being the potential winner of a Prize and the term winner means the potential winner who has been verified as the actual winner of a Prize; d) the term Contest Website means e) the term day comprises the 24-hour period starting at 12:00:00 midnight ET on a given day during the Contest Period and ending that day at 11:59:59 p.m. ET; and f) the term Entry means an entry into the Contest, which is recorded by the Contest computer on behalf of the applicable eligible person (see Rule 4 below). 3. THE CONTEST: GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CHANCES OF WINNING A PRIZE: The Contest consists of a sweepstakes (the Sweepstakes ) in which fifty (50) Entries will be selected (the Sweepstakes draw ) at random by the Contest computer from among all Entries received and recorded by the Contest computer during the Contest Period, as described in Rule 5. 1

2 The eligible persons whose Entry is selected in the Sweepstakes draw will each be the potential winner of a Prize described in Rule 7 below. The chances of becoming the potential winner of a Prize depends on the number of Entries received and recorded by the Contest computer during the Contest Period. Rule 7 below describes the Prizes available to be won in the Contest and the approximate retail value ( ARV ) of each such Prize. 4. HOW TO ENTER THE SWEEPSTAKES: During the Contest Period, an eligible person may enter the Contest by visiting the Contest Website and completing the following steps: a) Click on the Contest link; b) Click on the link Click here to enter ; c) complete the online entry form (the Entry Form ) which appears on the entry form page by filling in his/her first and last names, his/her postal code, valid address, and home and mobile telephone numbers, including area code (optional), Air Miles card number (optional) AND describing, in the applicable Entry Form field, his/her favourite holiday tradition; d) Click Submit to submit his/her Entry into the Sweepstakes. Upon receipt by the Contest computer of a properly completed Entry Form, the Contest computer will record one (1) Entry into the Sweepstakes in the name of the applicable eligible person. Note: No eligible person is allowed to submit more than one (1) Entry Form into the Sweepstakes per day during the Contest Period. See Entry and Prize Limits in Rule THE SWEEPSTAKES DRAW: It is planned that the Sweepstakes draw will take place within seven (7) days after the end of the Contest Period at the Sponsor s offices located at 5559 Dundas Street West, Etobicoke, Ontario. The eligible persons whose Entry is selected in the Sweepstakes draw will each be the potential winner of a Prize described in Rule 7 below. 6. NOTIFICATION TO POTENTIAL WINNER OF THE PRIZES, THE DECLARATION AND RELEASE, THE SKILL-TESTING QUESTION, PRIZE FORFEITURE AND OTHER MATTERS: The Sponsor will send an (the notification ) to the eligible person who as a result of the Sweepstakes draw, is the potential winner of a Prize in the Contest. The notification will be sent to the address indicated on the Entry Form which resulted in the potential winning Entry. The Sponsor is not responsible if, for any reason, the potential winner does not receive the notification. The notification will inform the potential winner that he/she is the potential winner of a Prize in the Contest, will identify the Prize, will either provide a link to, or provide as an attachment, a declaration and release (the declaration and release ), and will specify the date by which the Sponsor must receive back from the potential winner his/her properly completed and signed declaration and release. The declaration and release will contain the skill-testing question, will contain a declaration by the potential winner that he/she is an eligible person, has complied in full with and will continue to comply in full with the provisions of these Official Rules and accepts the Prize as awarded to him/her, and will contain an indemnity, a liability release and a publicity release. The potential winner must print out the declaration and release. Note: If the potential winner cannot print out the declaration and release, he/she should call the Sponsor at and request that the Sponsor mail a copy of the declaration and release to the potential winner. Once the potential winner has a printed copy of the declaration and release, he/she must fill his/her correct answer to the skill-testing question in the space provided for that purpose in the declaration and 2

3 release, and must complete in full the declaration and release in the manner which will be specified in the notification and on the declaration and release. The potential winner then must return, by mail to the Sponsor at the address set out in the notification, the duly completed and signed original declaration and release, containing the potential winner s correct answer to the skill-testing question, for receipt by the Sponsor no later than the date specified in the notification. Provided the potential winner submits his/her duly completed and signed declaration and release, and provided that declaration and release is received by the Sponsor in accordance with these Official Rules, and provided the potential winner answers correctly the skill-testing question, subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, the Sponsor then will proceed to review the declaration and release to confirm that it accords with the requirements of the Official Rules. Prize Forfeiture: If the Sponsor cannot contact the potential winner through the notification process described above within ten (10) days of the applicable Sweepstakes draw date, or if the potential winner fails to submit an answer to the skill-testing question, or submits an incorrect answer to that question, or fails to comply in full and in any way or manner with any provision or provisions of or limitation contained in these Official Rules including, without limitation, the eligibility requirements prescribed in Rule 1of these Official Rules, or fails to meet the requirements related to completion, execution and submission of his/her declaration and release (see above), that potential winner forfeits any right to receive that Prize, is deemed to have waived any claim to that Prize without further notice, and that Prize is forfeited. If, for any of the reasons specified in the preceding paragraph of this Rule 6, the potential winner of a Prize forfeits that Prize, the Sponsor will select a backup Entry and will send the notification to the eligible person who submitted the backup Entry, who will follow the same process specified in this Rule 6, which is applicable to notifying the potential winner of a Prize. The eligible person who submitted that backup Entry will have the same obligations as apply to the potential winner of a Prize. If and as necessary, the Sponsor will continue the process of attempting to verify an eligible person as the winner of a Prize by dealing, in order, with each eligible person who submitted a backup Entry until that Prize winner is verified, or until there are no more backup Entries remaining. In the latter case, that Prize will not be awarded in the Contest and no eligible person who was a potential winner of that Prize, and no other person, will have any claim against the Sponsor in respect to that Prize or the Contest. ENTRY AND PRIZE LIMITS: There is a limit of one (1) Entry per eligible person per day during the Contest Period. There is also a limit of one (1) Prize per eligible person. If the Sponsor finds that any person has failed to observe and comply in full with these limits, irrespective of the reason for or cause of such non-observance or non-compliance, then a) all Entries which that person has submitted into the Contest will be null and void, b) that person will be disqualified from submitting any further Entries into the Contest and will be disqualified from receiving any Prize to which he/she might otherwise have been entitled, c) that person will be disqualified from the Contest, and d) if that person has been declared a winner, that person will be obliged to return any Prize he/she has received, or its cash equivalent, to the Sponsor forthwith. 7. PRIZING: There are a total of fifty (50) Prizes available to be won in the Contest, each consisting of $100 CDN in Metro gift cards, in denominations to be determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion (each a Gift Card ). ARV of each Prize is $100 CDN. Gift Cards will be activated before being delivered to a winner. A Gift Card can be used, up to its value, or its remaining value, as the case may be, to purchase products and/or services at any participating Metro or Food Basics store in Ontario, Canada. Each Gift Card, subject to anything expressly to the contrary as set out in these Official Rules, is subject to the Sponsor s then current terms and conditions which apply to Gift Cards. Those terms and conditions include, without limitation, the following provisions and limitations: no Gift Card is redeemable or refundable, in whole or part, for cash (unless required by law); no change will be given from it, it cannot be used for Western Union products, prescriptions, tobacco products and Western Union products; and it cannot be used to make credit card payments or to purchase another 3

4 Gift Card; purchases will be deducted from the value of the gift card until the balance reaches zero; the value of a Gift Card which is damaged, lost, stolen, or destroyed in any manner will not be replaced and no Gift Card will be replenished in the case of unauthorized use; no credit or other consideration will be given for any value which remains on a Gift Card; visit for complete terms and conditions; the Sponsor may modify said terms and conditions without notice. GENERAL PROVISIONS: 8. Subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, the Prizes must be accepted as awarded, without substitution, are not transferable and have no cash surrender value. All ARVs in these Official Rules are stated in Canadian Dollars. No cash alternative or substitution of a Prize will be provided, except that the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if a Prize cannot be awarded as described due to unavailability or for any other reason whatsoever. The Prizes will be delivered within 8 weeks of the date that person is determined to be the winner of a Prize. Any income or other taxes (including, without limitation, federal, Provincial/Territorial, and local income taxes) on or connected with a Prize, and the reporting consequences thereof, are solely the responsibility of the winner of a Prize. 9. Any expenses which are applicable to a Prize, and which are not expressly included in the description of that Prize in these Official Rules are the sole responsibility of the winner of that Prize. If the potential winner cannot accept a Prize as stated, that Prize will be forfeited in its entirety. 10. By entering the Contest, eligible persons agree to abide by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor with respect to all aspects of the Contest, including without limitation any decision respecting the eligibility or otherwise and the identity of any person who participates or attempts to participate in the Contest. All such decisions are final and binding on all persons who enter the Contest. 11. Any person attempting or apparently attempting in any way to defraud the Sponsor in any way in connection with this Contest will be disqualified and prosecuted to the fullest extent permitted under the law. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any person who submits an Entry into the Contest, the Entry in question will be deemed to have been submitted by the person whose name appears on the Entry Form which resulted in the in the potential winning Entry. The potential winner may be requested to provide the Sponsor with proof that he/she is the individual indicated on the Entry Form associated with his/her potential winning Entry. If a dispute cannot be resolved to the Sponsor's satisfaction, the potential winning Entry will be deemed null and void. 12. If the Sponsor in its sole discretion so elects, the potential winner may be required to submit to, and by entering the Contest agrees to fully cooperate in, a background check to confirm eligibility and to help ensure that the use of any such person in advertising or publicity for the Contest will not bring the Sponsor into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule, or reflect unfavourably on the Contest or the Sponsor as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. 13. If a winner makes any false statement in any document related to the Contest, the winner will be required to promptly return a Prize (or, at the Sponsor's option, the cash equivalent of that Prize based on the ARV as stated in these Official Rules) to the Sponsor upon demand and at the winner s sole expense. 14. The potential winner or a winner may not transfer a Prize to any other person prior to the actual delivery to him/her of a Prize unless authorized in writing by the Sponsor before the transfer is made. Such authorization may be granted or withheld in the Sponsor s sole discretion. Any potential winner or winner of a Prize must make any request for such authorization in writing and must sign and return the request to the Sponsor. 4

5 15. The Sponsor is not responsible for illegible, misdirected, late, lost, damaged, delayed, stolen, or any postage-due submission or transmission of any declaration and release (or for any declaration and release which is sent to the Sponsor on a collect basis) or for any failed Prize delivery or attempted Prize delivery; for any failure of the Contest Website, or for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete capture on or by the Contest Website or the Contest computer of any Entry or any Entry information; for late, lost, illegible, incomplete, falsified, fraudulent, tampered with, altered or destroyed mail-in Entries and all such Entries are void; for any damage to any eligible person s or other person s computer system or wireless device which is occasioned by accessing the Contest Website, by participating in the Contest, or by redeeming or attempting to redeem a Prize; for lost, interrupted, inaccessible, incompatible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet Service Providers, wireless carriers, web sites (including the Contest Website), or other connection or connections; for availability or accessibility problems arising in connection with or over the course of the Contest; for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected computer, , telephone or cable transmissions, or hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; for any technical malfunctions, failures, or difficulties, printing errors or omissions, clerical, typographical or other error(s) or omission(s) in any materials connected to the Contest including, without limitation, in any advertising or advertising materials, in any declaration and release, in any Entry, in the offering or announcement of a Prize or in a Prize notice or the notification; for any errors or omissions of any kind, whether human, mechanical, clerical, electronic, or technical in nature; or, for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. 16. Proof of mailing or of transmission or of attempted transmission of any communication or any declaration and release does not constitute proof of receipt by the Sponsor of the communication or declaration and release. 17. By entering the Contest, each eligible person (here, a Releasor ) releases and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its parent, related and subsidiary and affiliated companies, subsidiaries, agents, members, dealers, franchisees, stores, restaurants, advertising or promotional agencies, representatives, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, successors, sponsors, partners, licensors, licensees, subsidiaries, agents, advisors, assignees, and all others associated with the development and execution of the Contest (collectively the Releasees ), from and against any and all manner of action, causes of action, suits, debts, covenants, contracts, costs, expenses, claims and demands, including legal fees and related expenses, whatsoever, including but not limited to, claims based on negligence, breach of contract and fundamental breach and liability for injury, accident, damage, claim, loss, misfortune, death, or property damage which any Releasor, or his/her administrators, heirs, successors or assigns, has, might have or could have, with respect to or in any way related or connected to any aspects of the Contest or by reason of or arising out of the Releasor s participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or use by the Releasor of a Prize awarded and any travel by a Releasor to claim the Prize and from and against any and all liability with respect to or in any way related to a Prize, printing errors or omissions, claims based upon publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy prior to being awarded the Prize, or arising from the Contest and the awarding, use, possession, delivery or misuse of a Prize awarded, including liability for personal injury or damage to property. The Releasor further agrees to indemnify and save the Releasees harmless from and against any such causes of action, suits, debts, covenants, contracts, costs, expenses, claims and demands, including legal fees and related expenses. 18. By claiming a Prize, the potential winner and the winner hereby agrees and grants the Sponsor the right, but not the obligation, to use his/her name, photo, voice, likeness, favourite holiday tradition (as described in his/her Entry Form) along with his/her address (city/town) and any statements made by or attributed to him/her in any and all media (including the Internet), now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity and throughout the universe for advertising and promotional purposes in connection with the Contest and other promotions without further notice, review, approval or compensation, and releases the Sponsor and all directors, officers, employees, and agents of the Sponsor and of the Sponsor s divisions, parents, subsidiaries or affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, representatives, stores, service agencies, or independent contractors from any liability with respect thereto. 5

6 19. By accepting a Prize, a winner agrees that if the Sponsor decides, in its sole discretion, to hold any Prize presentation ceremony or event, the winner will cooperate fully with the Sponsor in that regard. 20. Any attempt by any person to damage the Contest Website or to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. 21. FORCE MAJEURE/PRINTING AND CONTEST ERRORS AND/OR OMISSIONS: Subject to first obtaining any necessary governmental consent, the Sponsor reserves the right to suspend or terminate this Contest or to amend, enlarge or modify these Official Rules at any time and in any way, without prior notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to any governmental approval which may be required, the Sponsor reserves the right, without prior notice and at any time, to terminate the Contest, in whole or in part, or to modify, suspend or extend the Contest in any way, if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Contest is impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures or malfunctions (including, without limitation, computer viruses, glitches, or printing or production errors or omissions) have destroyed or severely undermined the proper play, integrity, and/or feasibility of the Contest. In the event the Sponsor is impeded or prevented from continuing with the Contest as planned or intended by any event beyond its control, including, but not limited to fire, flood, natural or manmade epidemic or health hazard or crisis, earthquake, explosion, labour dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment malfunction or failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared), any federal, Provincial/territorial, or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis, the order of any court or jurisdiction, or by any other cause not reasonably within the Sponsor s control, then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, the Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, extend or terminate the Contest. Subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, only the type and quantity of Prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded in the Contest. If, due to printing or programming or production or transmission or other errors or omissions or for any other reason whatever, there are more than one potential Prize winners coming forward seeking to claim a Prize, the winner of a Prize described in these Official Rules, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, may be selected in a random drawing from among all persons making purportedly valid claims for such Prize. Inclusion in such drawing shall be the sole and exclusive remedy in such circumstances for any eligible person who has submitted an Entry into the Contest. 22. DISQUALIFICATION: It is the responsibility of any eligible person who submits an Entry into the Contest to ensure that he/she has complied in full with all of the conditions and requirements contained in these Official Rules The Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or with the operation of the Contest, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the apparent intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. The Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from and against any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. 23. WORDING DISCREPANCIES: In the event there is a discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any declaration and release or website or advertising or form or other publicity or materials concerning the Contest and the provisions contained in these Official Rules, the provisions in these Official Rules shall prevail, govern and control. 24. INVALIDITY: The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. Headings and captions are used in these Official Rules solely for ease of reference, and shall not be deemed or considered to affect in any manner the meaning or intent of these Official Rules or any provision hereof. These Official Rules cannot be modified or 6

7 amended in any way except in writing by a duly authorized representative of the Sponsor. Subject to the provisions of these Official Rules, employees of the Sponsor, or of any of its representatives, are not authorized to modify, amend or waive these Official Rules. 25. GOVERNING LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations as between one or more persons who participate in the Contest and the Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, including the procedural provisions of those laws, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of any other jurisdiction s laws. All persons who participate in the Contest, the Sponsor, and all other parties hereby attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of that Province, sitting in the City of Toronto, Ontario, in respect of the determination of any matter or dispute arising under or in respect of the Contest or arising under or in respect of these Official Rules and agree that any such determination shall be brought solely and exclusively before such courts in the Province of Ontario. 26. USE BY SPONSOR OF PERSONAL INFORMATION: In the course of conducting the Contest, the Sponsor will acquire certain personal information as submitted by persons seeking to enter the Contest. The Sponsor will use such personal information only for the purpose of conducting and administering the Contest and in accordance with its privacy policy, a copy of which can be found here: The Sponsor s privacy policy is hereby incorporated into these Official Rules. These Official Rules, the declaration and release, and notification are all available in accessible formats on request. Such request can be made by calling the Sponsor at , ext A copy of these Official Rules can be found at the Contest Website. A copy of these Rules may also be obtained by sending a written request to Metro Ontario Inc. by mailing a self-addressed stamped envelope, postage prepaid, to: Metro Ontario Inc., attention: Brand Marketing Specialist, Conventional 5559 Dundas Street West, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9B 1B9, re: My Holiday Traditions Contest. Only one request for a copy of these Official Rules per outer envelope, mailed separately will be fulfilled. All requests for a copy of these Official Rules must be received before the expiry of the Contest Period Metro Ontario Inc. 7